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Insecta, Diptera) from Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia 13 5 533 Kolcsár and Salmela ANNOTATED LIST OF SPECIES Check List 13 (5): 533–559 https://doi.org/10.15560/13.5.533 New taxonomic and faunistic records of fungus gnats (Insecta, Diptera) from Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia Levente-Péter Kolcsár,1 Jukka Salmela2 1 Hungarian Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology and Geology, University Babeș-Bolyai, Clinicilor 5–7, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. 2 Regional Museum of Lapland, Pohjoisranta 4, 96200 Rovaniemi, Finland; [email protected] Corresponding author: Levente-Péter-Kolcsár, [email protected] Abstract A total of 95 fungus gnats species were identified from sweep net samples collected from Montenegro, Romania and Serbia during 2010–2017. A mycetophilid species, Trichonta comis Gagné, 1981, is redescribed and a key is provided for the separation of European Boletina trivittata (Meigen, 1818)-group species. Ten species from Montenegro, 27 from Romania and 1 species from Serbia are reported for the first time. The presence of Stigmatomeria crassicornis (Stannius, 1831) in Romania is verified. Key words Mycetophilidae; Keroplatidae; Ditomyiidae; Bolitophilidae; checklist; Europe. Academic editor: Eliana Buenaventura | Received 4 October 2016 | Accepted 17 August 2017 | Published 29 September 2017 Citation: Kolcsár L-P (2017) New taxonomic and faunistic records of fungus gnats (Insecta, Diptera) from Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia. Check List 13 (5): 533–559. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.5.533 Introduction genera are predaceous. However, some species are only met in wetlands or in subterranean habitats (Søli et al. The Sciaroidea is a species-rich superfamily, having 6 2000, Jakovlev et al. 2014). families occurring in the West Palaearctic region: Dito- The first Romanian Sciaroidea records were published myiidae, Diadocidiidae, Keroplatidae, Bolitophilidae, in the mid-19th century as a part of a larger monograph by Mycetophilidae (often collectively treated as fungus Winnertz (1863). Later material collected from Romania gnats), Sciaridae (black-winged fungus gnats), and Ceci- was treated in the works of Strobl (1896), Thalhammer domyiidae (gall midges) (Ševčík et al. 2016). In this (1899), Lundström (1911a, 1911b, 1912, 1913, 1916), paper Sciaridae and Cecidomyiidae are not discussed. and Landrock (1914, 1925). Additions to the Romanian More than 1365 species have been described from the list of species were also provided by Tollet (1955), Palaearctic region (Bechev 2000) and new species are Decu-Burghele (1963), Burghele-Balacesco (1965, 1967, regularly found even from rather well-surveyed western 1968), and Matile and Burghele-Balacesco (1969), based Europe (Laštovka and Ševčík 2006, Kurina 2008). Lar- mostly on data about species found in caves. An additional vae of European Sciaroidea are most often associated publication added new information on the occurrence with microhabitats of humid forests, such as soil, dead of Mycetophilidae in Romania (Sóos and Papp 1988). wood, fruiting bodies of fungi and rarely plant tissues, The expansion of knowledge on the Romanian fungus eating mostly decomposing organic matter, while some gnats fauna continued in the early 2000s during surveys Copyright Kolcsár and Salmela. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits un- restricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 534 Check List 13 (5) Romania Serbia Montenegro Figure 1. Location of collection sites in Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia of fungus gnats. of Carpathians and corridor of Danube (Pârvu 2005). The first author (L-PK) and his colleagues had col- This Carpathian survey was limited to the territory of lected insects from Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia the Maramureș Basin (Pârvu 2002, 2003) and Piatra during the years 2010–2017. Fungus gnats were sorted Craiului National Park (Pârvu 2004a, 2004b). In the from the collected material and were sent to the second Checklist of Romanian Fauna (Moldovan et al. 2007), author (JS) for identification. Thus, the present paper 205 species of fungus gnats (Ditomyiidae, Diadocidiidae, aims to improve the faunistic knowledge of fungus gnats Keroplatidae, Bolitophilidae, Mycetophilidae) are listed in the countries in question through providing an updated though without any references and some previously checklist of fungus gnats (Ditomyiidae, Diadocidiidae, reported species seem to have been missed out. The Keroplatidae, Bolitophilidae, Mycetophilidae) recorded online resource Fauna Europaea (Chandler 2013) states from Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia jointly. that 206 species of Sciaroidea (except Sciaridae and Cecidomyiidae) are known from Romania. Both above Methods mentioned checklists are deficient, not including all species reported previously from Romania. In the present The material was collected by sweep netting in Monte- paper we suggest that a total of 270 fungus gnats species negro, Romania and Serbia (Fig. 1, Table 1), between are known from the country, previous to this paper and 2010 and 2017, and identified by Jukka Salmela. All even this number should be regarded as an underestimate the material listed here, are stored in 96% ethanol and due to poor faunistic knowledge. deposited in the natural history collection of the Regional The Sciaroidea of Montenegro and Serbia has been Museum of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland (LMM). Indi- much less investigated and no national checklist has hith- vidual catalogue numbers of the vouchers are given erto been published. The last published checklist under (e.g., DIPT-JS-2016-0301). The holotype of Trichonta the former Yugoslavia (focusing upon Serbia and Monte- comis Gagné, 1981 was loaned from Finnish Museum negro) by Bechev (1997) listed 56 fungus gnats species. of Natural History (Zoological Museum) (MZHF), Uni- Fauna Europaea (Chandler 2013) lists 166 sciaroid spe- versity of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. The arrangement cies (excluding Sciaridae and Cecidomyiidae), but this of the treated families and genera follows Bechev (2000) list combines the fauna of Montenegro and Serbia jointly. and Fungus Gnats Online (http://sciaroidea.info/) that We suggest that a total of 168 fungus gnats species are may better reflect the phylogeny of the families and sub- known from these countries, previous to this paper. families than Fauna Europea (Chandler 2013), which Kolcsár and Salmela | New taxonomic and faunistic records of fungus gnats 535 Table 1. Collection data in Montenegro (ME), Romania (RO) and Serbia (SRB), between 2010 and 2017. Species Spec- Date Location Lat. Long. Collector(s) imen (° N) (° E) Allodia (Brachycampta) barbata 1♂ 28-V-2014 RO, Sacele, Baiul Mts, Bratocea Pass, 1177 m 45.4790 025.8936 Kolcsár L.-P. (Lundstrom, 1909) Allodia (Brachycampta) grata 1♂ 23-VIII-2014 RO, Balan, Hasmas Mts, Galkut valley, small 46.6493 025.8415 Kolcsár L.-P. (Meigen, 1830) brook, 1050 m Allodia (Brachycampta) grata 1♂ 25-VIII-2014 RO, Casinu Nou, Bodoc Mt., Balaj pass, brook, 46.1949 025.9887 Kolcsár L.-P. (Meigen, 1830) 880 m Allodia (Allodia) lugens 1♂ 22-V-2014 RO, Remeti, Bihor Mts, Iad River, 870 m 46.7157 022.5788 Kolcsár L.-P. (Wiedemann, 1817) Allodia (Allodia) lugens 1♂ 28-V-2014 RO, Sacele, Baiul Mts, Bratocea Pass, 1177 m 45.4790 025.8936 Kolcsár L.-P. (Wiedemann, 1817) Allodia (Allodia) lundstroemi 1♂ 25-IX-2014 RO, Vanvucesti, Vartop Mt., Varciorog waterfall, 46.4714 022.7376 Kolcsár L.-P. Edwards, 1921 1000 m Allodia (Allodia) ornaticollis 1♂ 25-VIII-2014 RO, Casinu Nou, Bodoc Mt., Balaj pass, brook, 46.1949 025.9887 Kolcsár L.-P. (Meigen, 1818) 880 m Allodiopsis rustica (Edwards, 1941) 1♂ 25-VIII-2014 RO, Sanmartin, Ciuc Mts, Rugat Valley, 950 m 46.2669 026.0103 Kolcsár L.-P. Anatella ciliata Winnertz, 1864 1♂ 30-IX-2014 RO, Cluj-Napoca, Miko Garden, 373 m 46.7635 023.5804 Kolcsár L.-P. Antlemon (Antlemonopsis) 1♂ 26-VIII-2014 RO, Azuga, Baiul Mts, Limbasel Valley, 1250 m 45.4578 025.6015 Kolcsár L.-P. brevimanum (Loew, 1871) Boletina basalis (Meigen, 1818) 1♂ 16-V-2014 RO, Cluj-Napoca, Cartierul Manastur, 434 m 46.7497 023.5467 Kolcsár L.-P. Boletina basalis (Meigen, 1818) 1♂ 18-V-2014 RO, Botiza, Tibles Mts, Sasul River, springs, 905 47.6411 024.1400 Kolcsár L.-P. m Boletina cincticornis (Walker, 1848) 1♂ 27-V-2014 RO, Capatanenii Ungureni, Fagaras Mts, 45.5626 024.6093 Kolcsár L.-P. Transfagaras, 1280 m Boletina cincticornis (Walker, 1848) 1♂ 28-V-2014 RO, Azuga, Baiul Mts, Limbasel Valley, 1250 m 45.4578 025.6015 Kolcsár L.-P. Boletina cincticornis (Walker, 1848) 2♂ 6-VIII-2014 RO, Muntele Baisorii, Bihor Mts, Buscat Mt., 46.5310 023.2788 Kolcsár L.-P. 1634 m Boletina gripha Dziedzicki, 1885 2♂ 17-V-2013 RO, Rona de Sus, Maramures Hills, 425 m 47.8664 024.0912 Kolcsár L.-P. Boletina joosti Plassmann, 1987 1♂ 21-VIII-2014 RO, Gura Haitii, Caliman Mts, near to mine, 47.1071 025.2385 Kolcsár L.-P. 1640 m Boletina sciarina Staeger, 1840 1♂ 22-VIII-2014 RO, Pintec, Giurgiu Mts, Pintec valley, 820 m 46.9255 025.8533 Kolcsár L.-P. Boletina trivittata (Meigen, 1818) 1♂ 11-V-2010 ME, Zabljak, Durmitor Mt., Crna lake, 1448 m 43.1486 019.0882 Kolcsár L.-P. Boletina trivittata (Meigen, 1818) 1♂ 17-V-2014 RO, Moisei, Rodnei Mts, Izei River, springs, 47.6065 024.5274 Kolcsár L.-P. 1014 m Boletina trivittata (Meigen, 1818) 1♂ 25-V-2014 RO, Carnic, Retezat Mts, Pietrele Valley, 978 m 45.4405 022.8913 Kolcsár L.-P. Boletina trivittata (Meigen, 1818) 2♂ 26-V-2014 RO, Oborsia Lotrului, Parang Mts, 1450 m 45.4319 023.6618 Kolcsár L.-P. Boletina trivittata (Meigen, 1818) 1♂ 28-V-2014 RO, Azuga, Baiul Mts, Limbasel Valley, 1205 m 45.4578 025.6015 Kolcsár L.-P. Boletina trivittata (Meigen, 1818) 1♂ 19-VIII-2014 RO, Anies, Rodnei Mts, Cepelor spring, 1227 m 47.5380 024.6728 Kolcsár L.-P. Bolitophila (Bolitophila) austriaca 1♂ 11-V-2010 ME, Zabljak, Durmitor Mt., Crna lake, 1448 m 43.1486 019.0882 Kolcsár L.-P.
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